Circassian

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Circassian

  • /səˈkæsi.ən/ UK
  • /səɹˈkæʃən/ US

adjective more Circassian · most Circassian

  1. Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians. But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved grace

noun Circassians

  1. A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.

    Similar: Cherkess, Cherkessian

  2. alternative Alternative form of Circassienne (“kind of light cashmere”).

proper noun

  1. A North Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West Caucasus Russia.
  2. The Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh languages.

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adj of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians

Françaiscircassien, tcherkesse
Deutschtscherkessisch
Italianocircassiano, circasso
Русскийчерке́сский čerkésskij
العربيةشَرْكَسِيّ šarkasiyy
עבריתצֶ׳רְקֶסִי cherkesi

noun native or inhabitant of Circassia

FrançaisCircassien, Circassienne, Tcherkesse
DeutschTscherkesse, Tscherkessin
ΕλληνικάΤσερκέζος Tserkézos
Русскийчерке́с čerkés, черке́шенка čerkéšenka
العربيةشَرْكَسِيّ šarkasiyy, شَرْكَسِيَّة šarkasiyya
עבריתצֶ׳רְקֶסִי cherkesi

name language group

DeutschTscherkessisch
Русскийчерке́сский čerkésskij
العربيةاللُّغَات الشَّرْكَسِيَّة al-luḡāt aš-šarkasiyya
עבריתצֶ׳רְקֶסִית cherkesit

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@misc{circassian_2026,
  title = {Circassian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/circassian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}